Description: This is a lovely little antique green hardcover book, for those who love old English poetry. The interior pages and the embossed green cloth hard cover are in Good condition, and binding is tight. Interesting patterned endpapers. The original green dust jacket is still functional and colorful, but has significant tears and yellowing and is fragile. Please look carefully at the PHOTOS."The New Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics" editor Ernest Rhys, originally published in 1914 as No. 695 in the series Everyman's Library... Poetry and the Drama. Clothbound, this edition printed in 1952 for J.M. Dent & Sons, London. -->IMPORTANT: Please note that this book does NOT include musical notation for the songs. It features the written word only- the poetry and LYRICS written for songs, by historic authors and poets.Because these are all written as song lyrics, the verses rhyme and are thus pleasing to read aloud. This would be a fun book to read aloud during an evening with friends. There are several hundred poems of love, murder, mournful ghosts, lost sailors, youthful regrets, musket battles, blushing maids in the garden, witches, beggars, ravens picking at bones, crackling hearths, barleycorn, hounds & hunstmen. There seem to be quite a bit of archaic Scottish scenarios and dialect in the poems, so this might be especially fun as a gift for "Outlander" literary fans.This little treasure is a very enjoyable read due in part to its colorful and fanciful wording.Book measures 7 x 4.5 x 3/4", with a generous 342 pages. Includes a Glossary of Archaic and Dialect words, and also an Index of Poets with birth/death dates, and also an Index of First Lines of each song. Lyrics include authors such as Vaughn, Burns, Shelley, Browning, Sir Walter Scott, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Tennyson, Keats, Wordsworth, many more. This book will be carefully packed and sent promptly to you for FREE via USPS 1st class package mail in a bubble envelope, with tracking number. Or, if you prefer, you can choose to pay for USPS Priority Mail or Media Mail. Enjoy!
Price: 16 USD
Location: Chatham, New York
End Time: 2024-12-23T19:40:51.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.63 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket
Author: Ernest Rhys
Region: England, Scotland
Publisher: J.M. Dent & Sons
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Topic: poems and archaic song lyrics
Subject: music lyrics reference
Year Printed: 1952
